life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Amid all the attention to the unprecedented antics by the Democrats in their attempt to take absolute control of health care in America, other shady things are going on.  It’s to be expected, as the White House and Congress are currently being occupied by radical leftists and just plain thugs, having graduated from occupying deans’ offices on lovely campuses.

I’ve been thinking for the past few months now that one of these days, there will be dues to pay for this administration.  I’m not a lawyer, I don’t work in law enforcement, but I’m of reasonable intelligence and usually understand what I read and hear, and it has seemed that these people who are in control right now are breaking laws.  I mean, besides being tax cheats.

I just wonder:  is there a ‘John Dean‘ character (of Watergate notoriety, spilled all to the FBI in hopes of getting a lesser sentence) waiting in the wings, someone who might begin to get a little nervous at the thought of actually going to prison?  Someone who might begin to keep  a private diary, notes, maybe even record secretly in-house conversations never meant to be heard by anyone else?  Someone beginning to entertain thoughts of ‘making a plan’ in case certain things come to light?  Someone who has so little inner fortitude that he or she will crack at the first hint of discovery, and blab all they know?

I think there is.  I don’t have any idea who it may turn out to be, and it could be someone whose name is unfamiliar to us.  But there seems to be too much wheeling and dealing going on, not to mention blatantly unconstitutional acts by Congress, for this house-of-cards to stand.

I have a low opinion of leftists.  I don’t think they have any moral core, no internal standards, no values to get them through hard times.  I don’t think they have any true loyalty to anyone or any cause, and I believe they will always put their own well-being ahead of everything else.

I think it’s just a matter of time before we see the beginnings of another ‘gate’ scandal, and when that happens, there’s no doubt in my mind that someone, whoever is the fastest coward to get to the FBI, will spill it all.

Now we get to the meat of this post.

Already, there are the rumblings of “Jobsgate.”

Jeffrey Lord, at The American Spectator, has the timeline for “Jobsgate” and an analysis of crimes that have possibly been committed by someone in the White House, specifically, offering jobs to people to get them to do something, or, in these situations, to get them to not do a certain thing.

The Denver Post, back in September, ran a story about Andrew Romanoff being offered a job by Obama White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina to stay out of the primary against US Senator Michael Bennet.  When asked about it, Romanoff ran away.

Democratic congressman Joe Sestak is running against Arlen Specter, and has said numerous times that he was offered a job by someone in the White House if he would withdraw from the primary, and that he declined the offer.  The White House declines comment whenever asked about this.

Here’s where it gets good.  As we learned during Watergate and the Lewinsky-Clinton episode, it isn’t the crime that gets you, it’s the cover-up.

“There’s a crime called misprision of a felony. Misprision of a felony is when you don’t report a crime. So you’re getting into pretty deep areas here in these considerations.” – U.S. Senator Arlen Specter on March 12, 2010

If in fact Sestak is telling the truth, if in fact the Denver Post story about Andrew Romanoff is correct — and neither Sestak nor Romanoff reported these offers to federal authorities — Specter is saying both could in fact do jail time for committing a felony.

Stunningly, this would presumably also include anyone on the Obama White House staff who knew one of their colleagues had offered such a job — which is to say committed a crime — and didn’t report it.

Congressman Darrell Issa has stepped up and sent an official letter of inquiry to White House Council Bauer, and has formally requested an answer by March 18.

“Right now, they’re doing the ‘I won’t confirm or deny,’ and for us, it leaves two possibilities. One is the promise of transparency in this administration is just shot. The second one is even worse, which is either Sestak is lying or the administration has done something wrong and is covering it up…” – U.S. Congressman Darrell Issa on Friday on March 12, 2010

This could all get very interesting.  I’m marking March 18 on my calendar, so I can remember to check around to see if Congressman Issa receives an answer.

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